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executive assistant

Learned from 18 real résumés for this role.

Across 18 real U.S. résumés for a executive assistant, the most distinctive skills are Travel Coordination, Document Drafting and Database Development And Maintenance — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Travel Coordination
33% have it · 1351.3× vs average
Document Drafting
17% have it · 1351.3× vs average
Database Development And Maintenance
17% have it · 1351.3× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

travel coordination
1351.3×
33% · N=6
document drafting
1351.3×
17% · N=3
database development and maintenance
1351.3×
17% · N=3
budget oversight
1351.3×
17% · N=3
monthly reporting
900.9×
17% · N=3
general office duties
853.5×
17% · N=3
invoice management
853.5×
17% · N=3
marketing management
772.2×
17% · N=3
presentation development
772.2×
17% · N=3
document preparation
772.2×
17% · N=3
call center operations
600.6×
17% · N=3
ad-hoc reporting
600.6×
17% · N=3
file organization
491.4×
17% · N=3
policy compliance
415.8×
17% · N=3
sharepoint management
318.0×
17% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

administrative assistant19% · N=9executive database administrator6% · N=3executive assistant to chief financial officer6% · N=3program assistant6% · N=3marketing assistant6% · N=3office manager6% · N=3census clerk6% · N=3public health technician iii6% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

administrative assistant6% · N=9office manager7% · N=6administrator5% · N=3

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Executive Assistant need?

In 18 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Travel Coordination (33% have it), Document Drafting (17% have it), Database Development And Maintenance (17% have it), Budget Oversight (17% have it), Monthly Reporting (17% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Executive Assistant roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Administrative Assistant (19% of moves, N=9), Executive Database Administrator (6% of moves, N=3), Executive Assistant To Chief Financial Officer (6% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Executive Assistant?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Administrative Assistant (6% of arrivals, N=9), Office Manager (7% of arrivals, N=6), Administrator (5% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Executive Assistant salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 18 of them are Executive Assistant résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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